Have you seen Fantasmic at Disneyland? It's large skull and crossbones flag which rips into two and looks nothing like anything from the Potc franchise and matches the Peter Pan look perfectly. It's not just a generic pirate flag.
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Fantasmic! 2.0 Rumors, Speculation, Announcments
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Have you seen Fantasmic at Disneyland? It's large skull and crossbones flag which rips into two and looks nothing like anything from the Potc franchise and matches the Peter Pan look perfectly. It's not just a generic pirate flag.
It would be beyond cheap reusing that flag for a Potc sequence. Have you even seen Disneyland's Fantasmic?
GiveMeTheMusic
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Nothing is too "cheap" for Disney, gonna stop you right there.
There are many reasons why the flag could have been on the ship that day. Maybe they were testing it on the new rigs because the new flag isn't ready. Maybe the flag was lonely and just wanted to feel needed again.
What it doesn't mean is that the Pirates scene has been scrapped. I don't know how else to put this - the Peter Pan scene is not coming back. It has been replaced. The appearance of a flag for the day does not change that which is actually happening.
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Deleted member 107043
LMAO!
Reusing that flag would be, I know they can be cheap but no one is that cheap. I'm pretty sure the studio would step in at that point and prevent them from using an old Peter Pan prop on a scene on one of their biggest franchises.
I never ever said it was, I just posted a rumor, labeled as a rumor, which may or may not have suggested that the Pirates scene was being scrapped, something that has also been rumored.
In future I'll just not bother. How silly of me to post a rumor to discuss on a discussion board in a thread with rumor in the title.
dweezil78
Well-Known Member
We're still months out from the show coming back, did it over occur to you it might just be a placeholder? And no, I've never seen Disneyland's Fantasmic. Just thought this would be a cool thread to hang out in. /s
Did it ever occur to you that it might not be a placeholder?
Again, I'm not saying anything one way or another I just put that rumor out there to discuss.
Curious Constance
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Do you even know what Disneyland is?!
GiveMeTheMusic
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No, but I'm starting a GoFundMe so I can afford to buy a ticket and check the place out! Let me know if you want to donate and I'll shout out to you on my Instagram story!!!
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
That is how most vbloggers do it.
VJ
Well-Known Member
You realize the same skull-and-crossbones design has been used on pretty much every pirate flag ever, right? Or do you think Disney should sue pirates who have been dead for 200 years for copyright infringement?
Well, wouldn't put it past 'em, but still.
SuddenStorm
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While using the exact same pirate flags that they used for the Pan segment would be cheap- I could see them spinning it as some sort of homage to the original segment, they'll market it as an easter egg for the fans to pick up on.
Sounds like this exactly. A pirate flag (lowercase p) in the new Pirates segment (uppercase P) that looks and behaves just like the one that was in the Pan segment, probably with the same stunt choreography, as a tribute/easter egg to an iconic moment in the original show. This is exactly in 2017 Disneyland's wheelhouse (see: spinning whirlibug things simiar to the MSEP ones in Paint the Night, old Disneyland props in the Matterhorn as well as (it sounds like) inside the Guardians queue, etc).
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Thank you for clearing that up.
A pirate flag has to be draped off the back of the Columbia to cover the COLUMBIA - DISNEYLAND U.S.A. wording, which isn't very piratey.
And they could just be using the old flag for rehearsals until the new flag comes in. Or the old flag works perfectly so they kept it.
Or, all this talk about Fantasmic!! 2.0 is all a bad rumor and Fake News, and on July 1st the original 1992 show will return with just a mist screen commercial at the start that says "Disney's MOANA - Now Available On Blu-Ray and Disney Digital Download"
Curious Constance
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Maybe the old flag is still under contract, and they wouldn't be able to get rid of it without a messy, legal battle.
Or maybe it's got friends in high places, and knows how to work its connections.
Or maybe that was Bob Iger's baby blankie and even mentioning its possible replacement is grounds is for firing.
Or maybe it's got friends in high places, and knows how to work its connections.
Or maybe that was Bob Iger's baby blankie and even mentioning its possible replacement is grounds is for firing.
And even worse, you take the time to read it and comment on it.
I apologize for discussing a rumor on a rumor thread on a discussion board.
BrianLo
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We appreciate rumours, but there is a difference between extrapolation guesswork and a rumour. Nothing wrong with extrapolation, but when people who know better tell you it's reaching, don't start aggressively reaching further.
It's like Carsland in DHS, PTN to WDW, or Ironman Experience to Disneyland. If many people over and over say they aren't true, don't keep arguing about it (unless you've personally seen the plans).
bluehoodiemike
Member
Thank you for clearing that up.
A pirate flag has to be draped off the back of the Columbia to cover the COLUMBIA - DISNEYLAND U.S.A. wording, which isn't very piratey.
And they could just be using the old flag for rehearsals until the new flag comes in. Or the old flag works perfectly so they kept it.
Or, all this talk about Fantasmic!! 2.0 is all a bad rumor and Fake News, and on July 1st the original 1992 show will return with just a mist screen commercial at the start that says "Disney's MOANA - Now Available On Blu-Ray and Disney Digital Download"
"Welcome to Fantasmic!! Now starring Moana and her friend, the Ocean!"